Universal Entertainment Inc., (6425:Tokyo) was granted a provisional license for their Okada Manila casino resort on December 16 with an effective date of December 21, according to a report filed with the Tokyo Stock Exchange [Tōshō (東証)]. The license was signed by Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor) President and COO, Alfredo C. Lim. Although the property opened with a provisional license for a three-day preview event on December 21, the casino, hotel, and many other amenities are not available […]

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Japanese billionaire Kazou Okada is focusing on promoting tourism in the Philippines and is currently in talks with two of the biggest cruise liners in the world as he seeks to convince them to make the Philippines one of their stopovers. Okada has already invested into the country’s casino industry by teaming up with Filipino entrepreneur Antonio “Tonyboy” Cojuanco to open out the Okada Manila facility. The collaboration resulted in the creation of Tiger Resort, Leisure and Entertainment, Inc, the […]

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Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada is chairman for Universal Entertainment Corp and for its Philippines subsidiary Tiger Resort, Leisure and Entertainment, Inc which owns and will run the Okada Manila casino resort located in the Entertainment City in Parañaque. The Okada Manila resort project was formerly known as the Manila Bay Resorts. Okada was in the Philippines this week to talk about a soft launch of the $4 billion Okada Manila project which is in the final stages of completion. The […]

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